What was the connection between Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" speech and his

lend-lease program?

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A. Roosevelt believed the Four Freedoms of democracy justified the decrease

of armament production he proposed.

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B. The Four Freedoms include the lend-lease program as a way to win the

war.

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C. Roosevelt believed the U. S. needed to get involved in the war in order to

protect the Four Freedoms.

D. The Four Freedoms are the steps of the lend-lease program.

The correct answer is C. The connection between Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" speech and his lend-lease program is that Roosevelt believed the U. S. needed to get involved in the war in order to protect the Four Freedoms.

Explanation:

The Four Freedoms was an important concept in the State of the Union Address that the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, pronounced before Congress on January 6, 1941. The four freedoms were defined as freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom of want, and freedom of fear.

The concept played an important role in propaganda during World War II; the State of the Union Address was pronounced eight months before the American intervention in the war.

In that context, Roosevelt believed that the only way to guarantee the aforementioned freedoms to American and World citizens was through close collaboration with the Allies against Nazi authoritarianism. For this reason, two months after he delivered this speech, the federal government approved the Lend-Lease Act, which authorized a series of loans and deliveries of supplies and arms to the countries of the Allied side.